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7.05.2007 - 07:58am ET
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United Nations Global Compact Issues International Call for Responsible Business Education
(CSRwire) NEW YORK, July 5, 2007 – The United Nations has issued a call for
business schools and academic associations to do their part to advance
corporate social responsibility worldwide. The Principles for Responsible
Management Education (PRME), were unveiled at the 2007 Global Compact
Leaders Summit on 5 July at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The
principles were unveiled to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and hundreds
of leaders representing business, civil society, government, and academia
from around the world.
The six Principles for Responsible Management Education are:
As institutions of higher learning involved in the education of current
and future managers we are voluntarily committed to engaging in a
continuous process of improvement of the following Principles, reporting
on progress to all our stakeholders and exchanging effective practices
with other academic institutions:
Principle 1. Purpose: We will develop the capabilities of students
to be future generators of sustainable value for business and society at
large and to work for an inclusive and sustainable global economy.
Principle 2. Values: We will incorporate into our academic
activities and curricula the values of global social responsibility as
portrayed in international initiatives such as the United Nations Global
Compact.
Principle 3. Method: We will create educational frameworks,
materials, processes and environments that enable effective learning
experiences for responsible leadership.
Principle 4. Research: We will engage in conceptual and empirical
research that advances our understanding about the role, dynamics, and
impact of corporations in the creation of sustainable social,
environmental and economic value.
Principle 5. Partnership: We will interact with managers of
business corporations to extend our knowledge of their challenges in
meeting social and environmental responsibilities and to explore jointly
effective approaches to meeting these challenges.
Principle 6. Dialogue: We will facilitate and support dialog and
debate among educators, business, government, consumers, media, civil
society organizations and other interested groups and stakeholders on
critical issues related to global social responsibility and
sustainability.
The Principles of Responsible Management Education are a framework for
academic institutions to advance the broader cause of corporate social
responsibility and a call for the incorporation of universal values in
curricula and research. The initiative was developed by an international
task force of sixty deans, university presidents and official
representatives of leading business schools. It was co-convened by the
United Nations Global Compact, the Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business (AACSB International), the European Foundation for
Management Development (EFMD), the Aspen Institute’s Business and
Society Program, the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI),
and Net Impact.
"Globalization not only needs companies that can decisively contribute to
more sustainable and inclusive markets. It also needs a new generation of
managers and leaders who are up to that task. The PRME initiative, as a
global call, will be followed by an increasing number of academic
institutions", said Manuel Escudero, Head of Academic Initiatives of the
UN Global Compact, when referring to the significance of the PRME.
The principles were presented by an international delegation that included
Manuel Escudero, Head Networks and Academic Initiatives, UN Global Compact
Office; John Fernandes, President and CEO, AACSB International; Gerard van
Schaik, President, EFMD; Peter Lacy, Executive Director, European Academy
for Business in Society; Anders Aspling, Secretary General, Globally
Responsible Leadership Initiative and Dean, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management
School, Belgium; Angel Cabrera, Chairman PRME task force and President,
Thunderbird School of Global Management, USA; Labib Khadra, President,
German-Jordanian University, Jordan; Bernardo Barona Zaluga, Dean,
Universidad Javeriana Sede Cali, Colombia; David Saunders, Dean, Queen's
School of Business, Canada; as well as representatives of ESADE Business
School, Spain; XLRI Jamshedpur, School of Management and Human Resources,
India, and CEIBS – the China Europe International Business School,
China.
The Global Compact Leaders Summit brought together hundreds of top
executives from business, governments, civil society and labour. Through
peer-to-peer interactions with top decision makers from all segments of
the international community, business leaders had the opportunity to
access never-before released intelligence on socio-economic and
geopolitical megatrends to develope strategic frameworks to address a
range of issues at the nexus of business and society – including climate
change, human rights, anti-corruption, and access to finance and
capital.
About the United Nations Global Compact
Launched in 2000, the UN Global Compact brings business together with UN
agencies, labor, civil society and governments to advance ten universal
principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and
anti-corruption. Through the power of collective action, the Global
Compact seeks to mainstream these ten principles in business activities
around the world and to catalyze actions in support of broader UN goals.
With over 3,100 participating companies and hundreds of other stakeholders
from more than 100 countries, it is the world's largest voluntary corporate
citizenship initiative. For more information, please visit www.unglobalcompact.org.
Media Information
A press briefing on the Principles for Responsible Management Education
will be held on 5 July at 2.30pm in the Press Briefing Room (Room III),
Palais des Nations, UN Office Geneva. Journalists wishing to attend the
briefing and/or the Leaders Summit must seek accreditation from the United
Nations Office Geneva, presenting proof that they represent a bona fide
media organization. Visit www.globalcompactsummit.org/pressaccreditation.shtml
for more information. (No further accreditation is needed for members of
the UN press corps in Geneva).
Media interviews also are available with key representatives of the PRME
initiative upon request. Please contact:
Matthias Stausberg (Spokesperson) – UN Global Compact Office
+1-917-367-3423; +1-917-214-1337 (cell)
stausberg@un.org
Carol Sunnucks (Director of Public Relations) – Thunderbird School of
Global Management
+1-602-978-7272; +1-602-363-8556 (cell)
carol.sunnucks@thunderbird.edu
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